20 New Books for the New Year!

New Year: New Books!

January is a great time to be a book lover!

To help you find the perfect book here is a quick review of twenty of our favorites for the new year.

1.  All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doer is one book we are super excited about!  It's a National Book Awardee for Literature.  It's the story about a blind French girl and a German boy whose paths collide in occupied France as both try to survive the devastation of World War II.

2.  Date Night In: More Than 120 Recipes to Nourish Your Relationship by Ashley Rodriguez.  Rekindle the Romance at Home!  Ashley and Gabe Rodriguez were determined not to let their relationship deteriorate into that of "roommates with children," so they instituted a weekly date night where they sauté, roast, mix and dice while reconnecting over simple dishes that you too can create in your own kitchen!

3.  Descent: A Novel by Tim Johnston is a literary thriller.  We think this review sums it up pretty expertly: “A riveting literary thriller of the can’t-stop-turning-the-page, stay-up-all-night variety.” —Alice LaPlante, author of A Circle of Wives


4.  As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales From the Making of the Princess Bride by Cary Elwes.  A first-person account and behind-the-scenes look at the making of the cult classic film filled with never-before-told stories, exclusive photographs, and interviews with costars.


5.  Gray Mountain by John Grisham a legal thriller set in coal mining country.  Grisham's newer books also bring political messages into the story line and this one does as well.  On Amazon people seem to either love it (five star reviews) or hate it (one star reviews). 


6.  Hush by Karen Robards.  In her latest heart-pounding thriller, a woman must uncover a murderer—or risk being the next victim of a vicious killer.

7.  Hope to Die an Alex Cross Thriller by James Patterson. Detective Alex Cross is being stalked by a psychotic genius, forced to play the deadliest game of his career. 

8.  Jeter Unfiltered by Derek Jeter.  The only authorized full-color book commemorating Derek Jeter’s iconic baseball career with the New York Yankees.


9.  It Is Finished: 365 Days of Good News Inspiration by Tullian Tchividjian.  These short readings each contain a truth from God's Word that will set you on a solid foundation for the day.

10.  Lila: A Novel by Marilynne Robinson a National Book Awardee in Literature.  Marilynne Robinson, one of the greatest novelists of our time, returns to the town of Gilead in an unforgettable story of a girlhood lived on the fringes of society in fear, awe, and wonder.

11.  Mr. Monk and the New Lieutenant (TV show) by Hy Conrad.  An all-new story starring Adrian Monk by Edgar® Award–nominated Monk screenwriter and coexecutive producer Hy Conrad.  (Better than the "Castle" books.)  These are well done mystery stories everyone can enjoy reading.

12.  Die Again: A Rizzoli and Isles Novel by Tess Gerritsen.  Another TV based book series that does a great job of bringing both tv and book fans together.  Detective Jane Rizzoli and medical examiner Maura Isles are back—and they’re going into the wild to find a killer. Die Again is the latest heart-pounding thriller in Tess Gerritsen’s New York Times bestselling series, the inspiration behind TNT’s hit show Rizzoli & Isles.

13.  No Fortunate Son: A Pike Logan Thriller by Brad Taylor.  We think this review says it best: “Edge-of-your-seat thriller...nonstop action, intricate story line, and jaw-dropping plot twists.” -- Publishers Weekly

14.  Rain on the Dead by Jack Higgins a Black Ops Thriller.  The past comes back to haunt Sean Dillon and his colleagues, as the New York Times–bestselling master of suspense returns with a knife-edge story of terrorism, revenge, and a very old nemesis.

15.  Robert B. Parker's The Bridge a Cole and Hitch Western.  The next gritty, gun-slinging entry in the New York Times–bestselling series, featuring itinerant lawmen Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch.

16.  Small Victories: Spotting Improbable Moments of Grace essays by Anne Lamott on hope, joy, and grace.

17.  The Kindness Diaries: One Man's Quest to Ignite Goodwill and Transform Lives Around the World by Leon Logothetis.  The story of the author who sets out from Los Angeles on a vintage motorbike, determined to circumnavigate the globe surviving only on the kindness of strangers.

18.  What I Know for Sure by Oprah Winfrey inspirational essays.  Organized by theme—joy, resilience, connection, gratitude, possibility, awe, clarity, and power—these essays offer a rare, powerful and intimate glimpse into the heart and mind of one of the world’s most extraordinary women.

19.  What If? Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Questions by Randall Munroe.  What if everyone on earth aimed a laser pointer at the moon at the same time? What if you could drain all the water from the oceans? What if all the lightning in the world struck the same place?  Get these answers and more in this humorous look at science.

20.  Saving Grace by Jane Green a Literary Thriller.  (If you liked Gone Girl you will like this book) Powerful and riveting, Jane Green's Saving Grace will have you on the edge of your seat as you follow Grace on her harrowing journey to rock bottom and back.      

Christmas Gift Ideas for Women

Find a holiday gift for your Mom, Grandma, Aunt, Mother-In-Law, and Sister.

Gifts for your Mom and Mother-In-Law

Holiday Bath and Book Gift Box $65.00

Bestseller Box - Season's Greeting $79.95

Gifts for Grandma

Happy Feet Spa Box with Book $65.00

Christmas Book and Teas Gift Tray $79.95

Gifts for Aunts

You Are Loved Gift Box $65.00

Christmas Basket for Readers $54.95

Gifts for Sisters

Bestseller Box: Nice List $79.95

Rosy Readers Gift Box $79.95

Gifts Under $50

Naughty List Care Package $25.00

Christmas Boredom Buster $39.95

Christmas Gift Ideas for Men

Holiday gift ideas for all the Dads, Brothers, Grandpas, In-Laws, Friends and Co-Workers on your nice list!

Gifts for Grandpas:

Books and Puzzle Books Gift Basket $150.00

Golden Moments Gift Box $79.95

Gifts for Dads:

Book Lover's Gift Basket $150.00

Holiday Book Box $99.95

Gifts for Brothers and Uncles:

Christmas Basket for Readers $54.95

Coffee and Biscotti Gift Box $74.95

Gifts for Father-In-Laws:

Truck with Book Gift Set $65.00

Bucket of Books: Camo $39.95

Gifts Under $50 for Men:

Happy Holidays Book Bouquet $39.95

Christmas Boredom Buster $39.95

Gifts for Friends and Co-Workers:

Naughty List Care Package $25.00

A Little Nutty Gift Set $39.95

Hope you enjoyed all these amazing gift ideas for the men on your holiday list this year!  For even MORE men's gift ideas click on over to our Men's Holiday Shopping Page.

Christmas Gift Ideas for Baby 0 to 3 years old

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Gift Ideas For Baby:

Caldecott Award Winners

The Caldecott Baby Basket features four award winning books perfect for baby's first Christmas.  Includes multi-cultural favorites More, More, More Said the Baby, Ten, Nine, Eight, The Snowy Day and Corduroy.  Also includes Corduroy plush teddy bear.  Free Ground Shipping on this gift.  $79.95

Good Nights Baby Gift Box begins a bedtime routine with snuggles and books.  Includes three books and a plush blanket for $39.95 plus shipping.  Books are Sleepy Time Peter Rabbit, The Tale of Peter Rabbit and Good Night Baby.

Gift Ideas For One Years Old:

Christmas Books for Baby Gift Basket

Christmas Books for Baby Gift Basket shares four holiday classics.  Begin a tradition of reading on Christmas Eve with Night Before Christmas, Christmas in the Manger, Fa La La, and Merry Christmas Mouse.  Free Ground Shipping on this gift. $79.95

Puppy Love Baby Books Gift Box is great for families with dogs and babies.  Includes two puppy themed board books and plush puppy for baby.  Books are Snuggle Puppy by Sandra Boynton and Touch and Feel Puppy.  $59.95 plus shipping.

Gift Ideas For Two Years Old:

Winter Classics for Baby Gift Box

Winter Collection Baby Gift Box is a great non-denominational holiday gift for baby.  Includes four winter themed board books and plush teddy bear for baby.  Books are The Snowman, The Snowy Day, No Two Alike and Ten on a Sled.  You'll love reading these winter stories to baby as we celebrate the season of winter.  Free Ground Shipping on this gift.  $79.95

Jan Brett Baby Books Basket celebrates the winter season with three stories from beloved author/illustrator Jan Brett.  Gift basket includes The Hat, Gingerbread Baby and Three Snow Bears.  $49.95 plush shipping.

Gift Idea for Three Years Old:

Classic Corduroy Bear Gift Set includes the hardcover edition of Corduroy.  The story of a department store bear looking for his forever home.  A plush Corduroy bear is included with the book.  $24.95 arrives gift wrapped and ready to give.  Shipping extra.

Corduroy Gift Set

Boo Box

For all you parents that decided to order the Boo Box today it's your last chance to get it there by Halloween using priority mail, and crossing your fingers and toes that your college has a good mail delivery system.  Might help to cast some spells in that direction too :)

College Care Packs - Boo Box

The most babies are born in what month?

SEPTEMBER, subtract nine months and you end up with lots of New Year's Eve excitement!

We're celebrating the birth of our company this month too!  September 1999 is when Book Bouquet officially became a business.

Introducing "Hola' Bebe" our first Spanish Language Baby Book Basket!  Plus our Caldecott Award Winners Gift Basket features four books with African American main characters.

Plus lots of other great new baby gifts to celebrate this very special month! 

The most wonderful time of the year...until they leave for college

Parents eagerly await their kids heading back to school, and the entire family getting back into a comfortable routine.  Until their child turns 18 and heads off to college.  That happened to me this year and has inspired a new line of College Care Packages.

While we are excited for their journey ahead as parents we can't help but feel the loss.  The day to day interaction with the child we've been raising for 18 years is suddenly gone.  So the care package isn't so much for my student as for me.  It lets me be a small part of his life for just a little longer, and I like that.

If you want to read an amazing description of the experience of sending your child off to school click on over to this excerpt from Rob Lowe's book Love Life.   It's a tear jerker, but he expresses so beautifully what it's like to release one of your own out into the world.

You can read the excerpt here: http://www.slate.com/articles/life/family/2014/05/rob_lowe_on_sending_his_son_off_to_college_an_excerpt_from_love_life.html

Student Care Packages from Book Bouquet

Books for Dads

Shopping for a Father's Day Gift just got easier with our Guide to Choosing Books for Dads!

Funny Dads:

• Dave Barry Slept Here: A Sort of History of the United States is a funny tour of American history by comedian Dave Barry. This is a paperback book.
• Stupid History: Tales of Stupidity, Strangeness, and Mythconceptions Throughout the Ages author Leland Gregory employs his masterful wit to expose historical myths, faux "facts," strange events, and tales of human stupidity throughout history. This is a paperback book.
• That's What She Said: The Most Versatile Joke on Earth Justin Wishne and Bryan Nicolas, founders of TWSSstories.com, bring together hundreds of screamingly hilarious TWSS moments from fans, choice historical and celebrity quotes, an introduction from "she," as well as a brief history of the phrase. This is a paperback book.
• The Incredible Book of Useless Information is a hodgepodge of frivolous facts and silly statistics that no one really needs to know. This is a paperback book.
• The Stupid Crook Book features true stories of really stupid people doing bad things and getting caught. This is a paperback book.

Brainy Dads:

• Crosswords Challenge Puzzle book has a literary theme with puzzles based around favorite authors and books. This is a paperback book.
• Ever Wonder Why unique facts on trivial stuff is a small, but fun fact filled almanac. This is a paperback book.
• Leonard Maltin's 2014 Movie Guide includes more than 16,000 movie reviews from 1965 to present. This is a paperback book.
• Sorry, Wrong Answer: Trivia Questions That Even Know-It-Alls Get Wrong takes readers on a tour of misleading trivia, debunking commonly held assumptions and sharing surprising "right" answers. This is a paperback book.
• Sudoku Challenge Puzzle Book will keep sudoku puzzle fans entertained for hours with various levels of challenging puzzles. This is a paperback book.
• The Curious World of Wine: Facts, Legends, and Lore About the Drink We Love So Muchby Richard Vine Ph.D is a fascinating miscellany about the colorful characters, celebrated places, and quirky events surrounding wine-making.

Historic Dads:

• A Documentary History of the United States by Richard D Heffner contains the documents, speeches and letters that have defined American history along with commentary from the author. This is a paperback book.
• American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in US History by Navy Seal Chris Kyle. This is a paperback book.
• Lincoln's Boys: John Hay, John Nicolay, and the War for Lincoln's Image tells the story of how John Hay and John Nicolay, Lincoln's secretaries fought to tell his story after Lincoln's death. Drawing on letters, diaries, and memoirs, Lincoln's Boys is a fascinating story of friendship, politics, war, and the contest over history and remembrance. This book is a hardcover.
• The Investigator: Fifty Years of Uncovering the Truth by investigative lawyer Terry Lenzner is a riveting personal account of his cases. Lenzner astounds with anecdotes of scandal and intrigue, and provides an eye-opening look behind some of the most talked-about media stories and world events of our time. This books is a hardcover.
• George Washington's Secret Six: The Spy Ring That Saved the American Revolutiondetails the story of the Culper spy ring and adds another layer to the history of the American Revolution. This books is a hardcover.

Sporty Dads:

• The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics the true story of nine working-class boys from the American west who, in the depths of the Great Depression, showed the world what true grit really meant. This is a hardcover book.

Intriguing Dads:

• The Striker an Isaac Bell adventure by Clive Cussler set in 1902 this book is the back story featuring detective Isaac Bell a young new detective who finds himself embroiled in a big mystery with big stakes. This is a paperback book.
• The English Girl by Daniel Silva chronicles the adventures of art-restorer and master spy Gabriel Allon. This captivating new page-turner from the undisputed master of spy fiction is sure to thrill new and old fans alike. This is a paperback book.
• Command Authority by Tom Clancy featuring Jack Ryan. This is Clancy's last book before his untimely death in October 2013. There's a new strong man in Russia but his rise to power is based on a dark secret hidden decades in the past. The solution to that mystery lies with a most unexpected source, President Jack Ryan. This book is a hardcover.

Thrill Seeking Dads:

• Six Years by Harlan Coben is a suspense filled mystery when a man waits six years for the woman of his dreams only to find at the end she's not the woman he left. What happened to her and who is the mystery woman assuming her place? This is a paperback book.
• Silken Prey: A Lucas Davenport Novel by John Sandford takes you inside politics and behind the scenes of a dirty political race where you have to wonder if there are any good guys left. This is a paperback book.
• Doing Hard Time: A Stone Barrington Novel by Stuart Woods features smart ass investigator Barrington returning to his lush Beverly Hills roots where trouble soon finds him in the form of murder and mayhem. This is a paperback book.
• Bone Deep: A Doc Ford Novel by Randy Wayne White is a good old fashioned page turning thriller. Doc Ford is in the works to become a television series so get in on the books before the series comes out. This book is a hardcover.

Unique Gifts for Mother's Day

Order by May 6th for guaranteed delivery by May 11th.

The Hot New Trend - No Food Gift Baskets!

Why send a gift basket without food? There are soooo many reasons that at Book Bouquet we see this as one of the hot new trends for 2014!

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Celebrating Authors - Stephen King

Stephen King is one of the most prolific authors ever! You just might be surprised by some of the books he's written that became movies. Celebrate creepy good creativity with us as we look at Stephen King in books and movies!

How old are your child's favorite characters

Did you know Peter Rabbit is over 100 years old!  It's hard to believe the classic Tale of Peter Rabbit was first published in 1902.  Who is your child's favorite character?  Post in the comments below and we'll let you know how old they are.